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'''''The Jungle Cabaret''''' was a nightclub formerly located at 241 Skinner Street in Nanaimo, BC, and was not a club police readily associate with trouble..{{TC20040404}}  ''The Jungle''' was owned by Nanaimo-born Paul Manhas{{NoteTag|Paul Manhas was born in Nanaimo, and graduated around 1992 from Wellington Secondary School. It's rumoured that on Paul's nineteenth birthday his father gave him a liquor store, the first of several Nanaimo-area alcohol-related businesses which Paul acquired in the years that followed, including ''The Jungle'', the ''[https://www.facebook.com/onthisspot/videos/the-old-flag-inn-was-a-well-known-drinking-spot-in-nanaimo-it-was-located-across/2167416690032352 Old Flag Inn]'', and the ''Palace Hotel'' &mdash; all three of which were located on Skinner Street, and employed Lisa as a bartender/server{{NDN20020706}}{{NDN20020712}}}} and which later became ''Club 241''{{NDN20090519}} and, more recently, ''Evolve Nightclub''.

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This article is largely based on 1<sup>st</sup>- and 2<sup>nd</sup>-hand information, supplied to the author during personal interaction with Lisa and Dallas at ''The Jungle'' between midnight and 1am on Canada Day 2002, and subsequent conversation with Dallas.

As such, links to "reputable external sources" are not possible for some of these claims, however, the author has provided this information to the lead RCMP investigator assigned to Lisa's case and has expressed a willingness to testify to these claims under oath in open court.
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Lisa Marie Young left her [[Barons|Barons Road]]{{NDN20020704}} apartment sometime after 11pm on June 30th, 2002.{{TC20040404}} She then met up with her friend [[:File:Dallas.png|Dallas Hulley]].{{TS20160806}}{{MB20210921}}

[[File:Jungle.jpg|220px|thumb|right|alt=Jungle|''The Jungle Cabaret'' (circa 2002)]]

It was Dallas's 23<sup>rd</sup> birthday{{NNB20180325}}, and the pair had promised they'd celebrate together on each other's birthday,{{Hand2}} as they had on Lisa's 21<sup>st</sup>, eight weeks earlier.{{NDN20040429}} Dallas had been drinking since morning.{{Hand2}}{{Hand1}} Lisa had shared a single beer with her father before going out.{{P20020902}}

Together the two headed downtown to ''The Jungle Cabaret'' (241 Skinner Street), arriving around 11:45pm.{{YT20090515}} Outside the bar Lisa and Dallas bumped into a group of her girlfriends who were just leaving. A conversation followed about how the bar was slower than expected for a long weekend.{{Hand2}}

A man (later identified as Chris Adair) was standing nearby and joined in the conversation. He agreed that the bar was boring, and he spoke of a big house party that was underway. Lisa's friends then left.{{Hand2}}  He drew attention to the mint-condition [[:File:Jaguar-cutout.png|Jaguar XJ-40]] that he was driving.

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Lisa later said the conversation went something like this:{{Hand2}}{{Hand1}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; font-size:96%; line-height:0.93;"
|-
! style="text-align:right" | Chris
| <q>Hey you wanna ditch this lame bar and go hit a big party?</q>
|-
! style="text-align:right" | Lisa
| <q>Thanks, but I promised Dallas I’d party with him on his birthday.</q>
|-
! style="text-align:right" | Chris
| <q>Well, then Dallas should come too. Hey Dallas, do you like free alcohol?!</q>
|-
! style="text-align:right" | Dallas
| <q>Yes, I do!</q>
|-
! style="text-align:right" | Lisa
| <q>Thanks, but I just got here, and haven’t even said Hi to my friends inside yet.</q>
|-
! style="text-align:right" | Chris
| <q>No problem, I don’t mind waiting!</q>
|-
! style="text-align:right" | Lisa
| <q>Thanks, but I’m going to be a while; I’ve got lots of friends!</q>
|-
! style="text-align:right" | Chris
| <q>That’s okay, take your time, Dallas and I will be right here, whenever you’re ready!</q>
|-
! style="text-align:right" | Dallas
| <q>Hurry up Lisa!</q>
|-
! style="text-align:right" | Lisa
| <q>Umm okay, I guess.</q>
|}

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<span style="float:left; margin:0 20px">[[File:Lisa-Jungle-thumb.gif|border|50px|frameless|link=]]</span> Adapted from our video:<br>&#9654; '''Video''' &rarr; ''[[:File:Lisa-jungle.mp4 | The Jungle <small>(What ''Really'' Happened)</small>]]'' <small><small>([https://youtu.be/MHrSdlzMpNU YouTube])</small></small>
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Lisa turned heads{{Hand1}} when she entered ''The Jungle Cabaret'', alone, at about midnight on Canada Day 2002.{{NDN20020704}}{{Hand1}}{{YT20090515}} She wore a black miniskirt with zippered black-leather thigh-high boots, a cropped black leather jacket{{HSS20120515}}, a small leather purse and a unique chain made up of stainless-steel rings,{{Hand1}}{{HSS20031120}} which she wore first as a necklace, later changing it to wear as a belt.{{Hand1}}

[[File:Jaguar-cutout.png|thumb|270px|alt=Jaguar XJ-40|The Jaguar XJ-40 driven by Chris Adair]]

Chris Adair,{{HOC20201008}} the driver of his grandparent’s{{POD20160726}} Jaguar XJ-40{{Poster1}} kept Dallas occupied outside with conversation about the car, and about how awesome the party would be.{{Hand2}}

Lisa did indeed have a lot of friends; they occupied at least half of the tables in the bar.{{Hand1}} During the next hour, she made her way from table to table, visiting with everyone she knew.{{Hand2}}

When someone commented to Lisa about the music being louder than normal, Lisa explained that, normally, the volume level requires adjustment depending on how many people are in the bar since ''"bodies absorb the sound waves"''.{{Hand1}} Lisa went on to explain that, since it was a Sunday, there was no DJ scheduled to work, so the volume was still set to the level from the previous (much busier) night.{{Hand1}} She then entered the DJ booth, lowered the sound system's volume, and queued a favourite song.{{Hand1}}

:<big>♪</big> <small>''Listen to the '''[[Music|Top 20 songs]]''' for Canada Day long weekend 2002.'' ([http://hitsofalldecades.com/chart_hits/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=1332 source])</small>

Lisa drank nothing while at ''The Jungle'', politely declining multiple offers to buy her a drink.{{Hand1}}

After a while, the driver sent Dallas into the bar to check on Lisa.{{Hand1}} This repeated twice more before Lisa finally agreed to leave. Lisa had told a friend that she didn’t want to go to the party, but she felt ''obligated''.{{Hand1}}

Lisa left ''The Jungle'' at around 1am on July 1<sup>st</sup>.  The trio attended at least two house parties that night.{{HSS20120515}}

The first was across the street from Colliery Dam Park, at [[827 Nanaimo Lakes Road]].


<small>Google Street View of 241 Skinner Street, Nanaimo, circa 2009</small>
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== Notes ==

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== See also ==
* [[:File:Island-Crime-s1e02-Lisa-is-Missing.mp3|Island Crime (podcast) s1e02]] &mdash; ''interview with Jungle owner Paul Manhas''

== Sources ==

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